LIVE Updates: AAP accepts Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar misbehaved with Swati Maliwal

New Delhi: A day after Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal alleged that she was assaulted by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's PA, Bibhav on his instructions, Aam Aadmi Party put the incident on record at a press conference on Tuesday,

"Yesterday, a condemnable incident took place. Swati Maliwal had gone to Arvind Kejriwal's residence to meet him. While she was waiting for him in the drawing room, Bibhav Kumar allegedly misbehaved with her. The CM has taken cognisance of the matter, and he will take appropriate action," said AAP MP Sanjay Singh.

However, Singh did not answer the questions being raised about how a sacked PA of CM can assault a Rajya Sabha MP on his own.

This is a big cover-up exercise by the Aam Aadmi Party after Kejriwal unleashed a PA to assault the Member of Parliament and it is being done in view of ongoing elections, said a BJP leader.

AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Monday went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Kejriwal's personal staff "assaulted' her at the chief minister's official residence.

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May 14, 2024 19:02 IST
Official dies in fire at Income Tax CR Building in Delhi
A 46-year-old man working as office superintendent died after a massive fire broke out inside the Income Tax CR Building here on Tuesday, police said.
 
The fire broke out in the building located opposite the old Police Headquarters, which is still occupied by the force for some of its units.



May 14, 2024 16:46 IST
AAP accepts Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar misbehaved with Swati Maliwal

A day after Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal alleged that she was assaulted by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's PA, Bibhav on his instructions, Aam Aadmi Party put the incident on record at a press conference on Tuesday,
 
"Yesterday, a condemnable incident took place. Swati Maliwal had gone to Arvind Kejriwal's residence to meet him. While she was waiting for him in the drawing room, Bibhav Kumar allegedly misbehaved with her. The CM has taken cognisance of the matter, and he will take appropriate action," said AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
 
However, Singh did not answer the questions being raised about how a sacked PA of CM can assault a Rajya Sabha MP on his own.
 
This is a big cover-up exercise by the Aam Aadmi Party after Kejriwal unleashed a PA to assault the Member of Parliament and it is being done in view of ongoing elections, said a BJP leader.



May 14, 2024 15:51 IST
AAP will be made accused in liquor policy scam case: ED to Delhi HC

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that it will make the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an accused in the money laundering case stemming out of the Delhi excise policy scam.
 
The ED's submission was made while opposing the bail plea of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the money laundering case.
 
"AAP is going to be made a co-accused in the next prosecution complaint (charge sheet) to be filed in the case," ED's counsel contended before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who is hearing arguments on Sisodia's bail plea.
 
The probe agency's lawyer further said there are concerted efforts by accused persons to delay the process of framing of charges in the case.
 
While seeking bail for him, Sisodia's counsel submitted that the ED and the CBI are still arresting people in the money laundering and corruption case and there is no question of early conclusion of the trial.



May 14, 2024 14:50 IST
SC refuses to entertain plea seeking ban on Narendra Modi from elections

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and violating the Model Code of Conduct during campaigning.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and S C Sharma asked the petitioner to approach the authorities concerned for the redressal of the grievance.
"Have you approached authorities. For writ of mandamus you must approach the authorities first," the bench said.
The petitioner withdrew the plea and the matter was dismissed as withdrawn.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Fatima, through Advocate Anand S Jondhale, seeking a direction to the Election Commission to disqualify Modi from elections for six years under the Representation of People Act.



May 14, 2024 14:47 IST
Retired Indian Army colonel working with the United Nations killed in Gaza
United Nations: A retired Indian colonel working with the United Nations was killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in strife-torn Rafah, the “first international” casualty for the world body since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Col Waibhav Anil Kale, who took premature retirement from the Indian Army in 2022, two months ago joined the UN as a Security Coordination Officer in the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS).
Kale, who was with the 11 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (11 J&K Rif), killed in Rafah is the “first casualty" among international UN staff in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict following the October 7 terror attacks.
Another DSS staffer was injured in the incident when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah.



May 14, 2024 14:43 IST
Mumbai billboard collapse: Search and rescue operation continues after over 21 hours
Mumbai: More than 21 hours after a huge billboard collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing at least 14 persons and injuring 75 others, the search and rescue operation is still on, civic officials said on Tuesday.
So far, 89 persons were pulled out from under the collapsed hoarding, of whom 14 were declared dead and 75 others injured. They were admitted to six hospitals in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane, the officials said.
Of the injured persons, 32 have so far been discharged from hospitals till now. Twenty-five of them were admitted to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, four to M J Hospital Vikhroli and three to HBT Hospital in Jogeshwari. The condition of one of the injured persons admitted to the Rajawadi Hospital is critical, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.



May 14, 2024 11:20 IST
Congress leader Channi's remark on Poonch terror attack in violation of poll code

Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C on Tuesday said that Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi terming the Poonch terror attack, in which an IAF soldier was killed, a "poll stunt" violated the model code of conduct.
 
The Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) has written to the Election Commission of India for further action on the matter.
 
"According to a report of the Jalandhar District Election Officer, it (Channi's remark) is the violation of MCC (model code of conduct)," Punjab CEO Sibin C told PTI on Tuesday.
 
One soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on May 4.
 
Replying to reporters' questions on the attack on the IAF convoy, Channi had said, "These are all stunts, not attacks ('Yeh stuntbaazi ho rahi hai, hamle nahi ho rahe' ). Whenever elections are near, such stunts are performed to make the BJP win. There is no truth in it." "The BJP knows how to play with people's lives and bodies," he had further alleged while speaking to reporters in Jalandhar.



May 14, 2024 11:02 IST
Almost all top BJP leaders to accompany Modi for his nomination filing
Several Union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, chief ministers of BJP and NDA-ruled states and leaders of the party are likely to accompany Modi to the collectorate for his nomination filing.
The BJP's NDA partners Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, LJP chief Chirag Paswan, Apna Dal (S) president Anupriya Patel and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Omprakash Rajbhar are also expected to be present.
Besides Adityanath, chief ministers Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), Mohan Yadav (Madhya Pradesh), Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh), Eknath Shinde (Maharashtra), Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan), Himanta Biswa Sharma (Assam), Nayab Singh Saini (Haryana), Pramod Sawant (Goa), Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim) and Manik Saha (Tripura) are also likely to attend the prime minister's nomination filing.
 



May 14, 2024 11:01 IST
PM offers prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganga here on Tuesday before filing his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.
He also performed aarti at the ghat amid chanting of Vedic mantras.



May 14, 2024 08:18 IST
Lok Sabha polls: Voting picks up in Phase-4 as turnout climbs to 67.25%

Voting seems to have picked up in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls held on Monday as compared to the previous phases, according to the latest voter turnout shared by the Election Commission (EC).
 
According to the poll authority, the turnout stood at 67.25 per cent at 11:45 pm.
 
The turnout is 1.74 percentage points higher than the corresponding phase in the 2019 parliamentary polls.
 
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May 14, 2024 08:16 IST
Now, ChatGPT can mimic you in voice response, try to detect your moods
OpenAI’s latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people’s moods.
 
The effect conjures up images of the 2013 Spike Jonze move “Her,” where the (human) main character falls in love with an artificially intelligent operating system, leading to some complications.
 
While few will find the new model seductive, OpenAI says it does works faster than previous versions and can reason across text, audio and video in real time.
 
GPT-4o, short for “omni,” will power OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT chatbot, and will be available to users, including those who use the free version, in the coming weeks, the company announced during a short live-streamed update.
 
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May 14, 2024 08:13 IST
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse: Death toll rises to 14

The death toll in the hoarding collapse incident in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area has risen to 14 while 74 people are injured, civic officials said on Tuesday morning.
 
The 100-foot-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during dust storms and unseasonal rains that lashed Mumbai on Monday.